EDITORIAL: Maimane’s call to keep schools closed reeks of opportunism
Former DA leader's legal challenge to education department will makes no sense for children or their parents who need to earn a living
10 June 2020 - 18:35
Those who say they often find SA and its politics baffling have a point. The government’s attempt to get children back at school is just one such example.
Angie Motshekga, the basic education minister, rightly came under severe criticism when her department failed to ensure that some pupils could return to school as planned on June 1. And now she finds herself having to go to court to defend the right of children to go to school after a legal challenge by former DA leader Mmusi Maimane and his One SA Movement...
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